GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CULTURAL APPROACH IN CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC DESIGN/TK 553
Course Title: CULTURAL APPROACH IN CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC DESIGN
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assist Prof. Deniz ONUR ERMAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/deniz.erman
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  denizonur2005@gmail.com, onurdeniz@hotmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students gain theoretical knowledge.
Guidance to new research.
Consolidate to new information.
Students gain new abilities.
Increasing the students shairingideas.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introducing the course topics and course
2. Week  Development of clay and ceramic material
3. Week  Use of clay and ceramic production as an artistic material
4. Week  The clay material and an industrial production
5. Week  The emergence and development of ceramic industry
6. Week  Practice areas of industrial and artistic ceramic production
7. Week  A case of ceramics and cultural approaches to design
8. Week  Contemporary ceramic design ergonomic, aesthetic and technical pursuits
9. Week  Midterm
10. Week  Practice areas of modern ceramic production
11. Week  Modern approaches to the design of ceramic
12. Week  Different cultures and different designs, examples
13. Week  Identification of research subjects
14. Week  Theoretical work on research issues
15. Week  Presentation and discussion of research topics
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Edmund DE WAAL; 20th Century Ceramics (World of Art), Thames & Hudson, UK, 2003. John B. WATCHMAN. Jr.; Ceramic Innovations in the 20th Century, San Francisco,CA, USA. Emmanuel COOPER; Contemporary Ceramics, Thames & Hudson,UK, 2009. Design and Culture (The Journal of the Design Studies Forum) ISSN.1754-7075, E-ISSN. 1754-7083, 2009 The Journal of Modern Craft, ISSN.1749-6772, E-ISSN 1749-6780, 2008.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise,discussion, presentation
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
30
 Assignment
1
10
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
0
 Reading
10
4
40
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
5
60
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
2
3
6
 Presentation
1
2
2
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
2
5
10
 Final and Studying for Final
3
4
12
 Other
1
8
8
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
180
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.2
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Develop and deepen knowledge in the same or in a different design field to the proficiency level based on Bachelor level qualifications.X
2Conceive the interdisciplinary interaction, which the design field is related with.X
3Use of theoretical and practical knowledge within the design field at a proficiency level.X
4Interpret the knowledge about the design field by integrating the information gathered from different disciplines and formulate new knowledge.X
5Take responsibility and develop new strategic solutions as a team member in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the applications in the design field.X
6Develop strategy, policy and implementation plans on the issues related to the design field and assess the findings within the frame of quality processes.
7Audit the design field data gathering, interpretation, implementation and announcement stages by taking into consideration the cultural, scientific, and ethic values and teach these values.
8Demonstrate leadership in contexts that require solving problems related to the design field.
9Earn to polish to prepare thesis proposal and to write thesis in accordance with the accumulations regarding the field.X
10Ability to use of current information technology in the field of design, publishing, tools - supplies and other scientific resources acquired with the help of high-level information is used in future academic and professional life.X